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William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England to a suffragist and schoolmaster (Biography).
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Golding attempted to write his first novel when he was 12, but failed (Biography).
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Golding published a book of poetry titled "Poems". The book was published one year prior to him graduating from Oxford (Biography).
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Began to teach English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury, England (Biography.com)
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Golding married Ann Brookfield; they were married until his death (Biography).
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Golding decides to stop teaching in order to join the Royal Navy and fight in WWII (Biography).
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Golding's first son, David, is born in 1940
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Spent roughly 6 years at sea with the navy, fighting battleships, submarines and planes (Biography).
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Golding's daughter, Judith is born in 1945 (Biography).
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When WWII ended in 1945, Golding returned to England and continued to teach and pursued writing (Biography).
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"In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies (Biography)."
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"In 1963...Peter Brook made a film adaptation of [Lord of the Flies] (Biography)."
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Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature at age 73, in 1983 (Biography).
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At age 75, Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (Biography).
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In 1990, a second film adaptation of Golding's classic novel, The Lord of the Flies, was made.
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Golding suffers a heart attack and dies.
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A manuscript of Golding's "A Double Tongue" is published posthumously (Biography).
